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DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. IBM Cloudant vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. TinkerGraph vs. YugabyteDB

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. IBM Cloudant vs. IBM Db2 Event Store vs. TinkerGraph vs. YugabyteDB

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 Event Store  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBDistributed Event Store optimized for Internet of Things use casesA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 APIHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument storeEvent Store
Time Series DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column store
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Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score0.19
Rank#323  Overall
#2  Event Stores
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Score2.91
Rank#102  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2-event-storetinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlinwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2-event-storedocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperApache Software FoundationIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014IBMYugabyte Inc.
Initial release20182010201720092017
Current release1.1.0, April 20232.02.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaErlangC and C++JavaC and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)hostedLinux infoLinux, macOS, Windows for the developer additionLinux
OS X
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freedepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoyes infothrough the embedded Spark runtimenoyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIADO.NET
DB2 Connect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop 3JDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Groovy
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptyesnoyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersyesyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)ShardingShardingnoneHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Active-active shard replicationnoneBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparkyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Eventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencynoneStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infoRelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a document possiblenonoDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic lockingNo - written data is immutablenoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesYes - Synchronous writes to local disk combined with replication and asynchronous writes in parquet format to permanent shared storageoptionalyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyes
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Apache IoTDBIBM CloudantIBM Db2 Event StoreTinkerGraphYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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